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Encryption is the process of transforming information using an algorithm to make it unreadable to anyone except those possessing special knowledge.

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In IIS, Is there a way I can enforce clients to use certain SSL cipher suites depending on what URL/path they visit?

I have an IIS 11.0 webserver that supports TLS. Lets say my site is called https://www.example.com. There are two different sections to my website. For example, the URL https://www.example.com/partA/...
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How does a process like KeePass protect its memory in Windows?

I am looking at KeePass and trying to figure out how it protects its memory exactly. Is it because the use of KeePassLib.Security.ProtectedBinary class for all it's memory allocations or is it ...
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AZURE_KEY_VAULT provider in SSRS

I've recently set up Always Encryption on an on-prem SQL Server db with the column master key in Azure Key Vault. If I SELECT from the table in SSMS with 'Column Encryption Setting=Enabled' I can read ...
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Not able run Ansible HTPASSWD playbook for creating user's, because FIPS is enabled :-(

I am trying to run a Ansible playbook for adding few user's to HTPASSWD, Since FIPS(Federal Information Processing Standards) is enabled on it, I am getting error saying FIPS is enabled please ...
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No prompt for setting a passphrase in GPG Keychain

I am trying to use GPG Keychain with Thunderbird (version 60.5.1) and Enigmail (version 2.0.9 / 20181209-1409). In the process of generating a key for the email address after setting the password and ...
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Drivelock password option unabled in BIOS for SSD Samsung encryption

I am trying to set a password on my SSD hard disk Samsung 860 EVO in my laptop HP Compaq 6710b. For that I enter to BIOS and the option for Drivelock passwords in the Security menu is unable(gray) and ...
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Why won't my Linux machine start?

In November I bought a Librem 15, which is a Linux laptop running PureOS. PureOS isn't Ubuntu but it is a Debian-variant that has a lot of security/privacy settings enabled by default, so it's very ...
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How to change cipher & elliptical curve priority/order in Firefox?

Bugzilla.mozilla.org dev's suggest this was added a couple of years ago (references below) however I see no information anywhere or any options under about:config to accomplish this... I only see ...
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Google Chrome. How to restore passwords from profile folder?

I have copy of one of my Google Chrome Profiles. After Windows reinstall I tried to create new profile and then replace the files. However when I check my passwords in settings there is nothing. I ...
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Privately synchronising calendar files between platforms

Introduction I would like to be able to maintain a calendar privately, using offline calendar applications on both my Android mobile and Windows/Linux desktop computers. I understand that cloud ...
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How to strengthen the keepass master password?

Is it safe to strengthen the master password and keep the same keepass database file? Is there any residual trace of the old weaker password? Alternatively, It looks like I can create a new database ...
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Cannot create folders on my Kali desktop

I just formatted my laptop with Kali Linux and with a full encrypted disk; this is my first time with full encrypted disk. I Face a problem: when I right-click on my desktop, I used to find 'New ...
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How to use Eltima eveusbc to share / connect a usb device encrypted?

I'm able to view shared usb devices using eveusbc ls shared: $ lsusb ... Bus 00X Device 00X: ID <some hex>:<some num> IBM Corp. ... $ eveusbc ls shared acquired ,,1810,usbX,X-X,,4XXX ...
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Why does my Windows system encryption with Veracrypt not prompt for a password?

I tried posting this on the Veracrypt forums and Reddit but haven't had a response yet. I've only used system encryption when I was using Linux because of the easy use of LUKS on the installation ...
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Bitlocker recovery key not getting deleted automatically from AD when it is deleted from the local machine

I have enabled bitlocker and bitlocker recovery keys are backed up in the AD. I have deleted one of the recovery keys in the local machine using the following command manage-bde -protectors -delete &...
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Text file with password but cross platform windows/android

I'm trying to encrypt a txt file, and there are several options for windows, like using 7zip or rar to password store it, or notepad++ with securepad plugin. But I want to find a solution that is ...
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Is it possible for the pass utility to use symmetric encryption for a specific directory?

Recently, I've been looking into using the Unix tool pass as my password manager. I've figured out a workflow I'm happy with for handling my passwords and personal info. Now I'm looking into the best ...
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USB-Stick Encrypted for a period of time + Load data on it in this period of time?

For a study, where I am required to store data for a period of time without the possibility to see them I need a solution for a USB-Stick. Is there a possible way to: Have an encrypted USB-Stick ...
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OneDrive for Business Encryption

This article and video implies that OneDrive for Business is inherently encrypted, in what seems to be a fairly sophisticated way: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/data-encryption-in-onedrive-...
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How to encrypt my NAS in a convenient manner?

I am currently setting up my NAS, which is running Ubuntu server, one SSD for the OS and a RAID 5 HDD array. I'd like the RAID array to be encrypted in a manner that still allows it to be accessible ...
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x11vnc | ssvnc 'ReadExact: Socket error while reading'

I have a x11vnc (http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/) server running. If encryption = 0 everything is working as expected and I can connect to the server via TightVNC Viewer without any problems. If ...
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How to manage backups of encrypted partitions

I have the following material with my laptop : 20GiB SSD 500GiB HDD (Disk A) External HDD (Disk B) What I want : My Linux (Debian 9) encrypted at the partition level (that I manage), with classic ...
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Laptop PC stuck at startup, formatted, now data unrecoverable, looks encrypted

Someone asked me to recover data from a laptop computer (Sony Vaio), after a Windows reinstall (Windows 8) through the startup recovery procedure. Prior to that, the computer was malfunctioning : it ...
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Unable to disable 3DES cipher in port 443

I have disabled 3DES in registry. Port 3389 is successfully disable 3DES (TLS_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA). However, 3DES ciphers are still occur in port 443. What should be done to remove 3DES ...
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GPG error with Zookeeper distro: Public key obsolete?

Please consider the following output: + gpg --keyserver ha.pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv-key C823E3E5B12AF29C67F81976F5CECB3CB5E9BD2D gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmp.ZIIl4D5e52/secring.gpg' created gpg: ...
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Mount encrypted Synology folder on non-Synology platform

I sold my Synology NAS box on eBay while keeping the HDDs. I completely forgot that I had encrypted some of my "Shared Folders". Now I desperately need to mount these @Test@ folders using anything ...
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Bitlocker wrote header to volume but didn't actually encrypt drive?

I was attempting to configure Bitlocker on my laptop which has two volumes: a boot SSD (C:) and a larger spinning disk (D:). When I first tried to encrypt the entire C: (boot) drive, it told me that ...
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LUKS - Detached header - where is encryption key stored?

I encrypted a disk using LUKS with detached header. The header was present on a removable disk. Once the mapped device (under /dev/mapper) was created, I removed the disk containing header. I was ...
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Import multiple OpenPGP keys using the gpg command

Is there a way to noninteractively lookup and bulk import a list of gpg keys on a public keyserver? I work in the IT department of a company and would like to use a command to import the public keys ...
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gpg2 migration from ubuntu to fedora leads to missing secret key

I'm using gnupg with thunderbird via enigmail. Everything is up and running fine on my notebook with ubuntu (kubuntu). Now I tried transfering my keys and settings to my new system running fedora. ...
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How do I shrink an encrypted Symantec partition?

I have to install Symantec Encrpytion on my primary hard-drive due to work. It's so slow. I am so sick of my machine stalling every 2-3 seconds. It is a high-end laptop. It should not behave this way....
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Enabling local admin on machine with Bitlocker

My current situation is as such: Machines having network issues not allowing domain logon in Windows. Local admin is disabled, thusly I do not have the ability to login and troubleshoot. I want to get ...
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How can I configure Mutt's GPG support to use simple ASCII armor instead of PGP/MIME?

Since I started using signed (and sometimes encrypted) mail with PGP/MIME, I've heard about messages being marked as spam, making the communication less reliable. I found that this wasn't the case if ...
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CentOS guest does not boot anymore after Virtualbox encryption

I installed a CentOS 7 VM with VirtualBox and it ran perfectly fine. Then I activated image-encryption in VirtualBox for that Guest and started to boot. The grub2 screen shows up correctly but when I ...
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How much will storing a VirtualBox VM in a Truecrypt container affect performance?

I am running a 64bit Debian guest on a 64bit Windows 8.1 host with vt-x and Virtualbox v5.1.26. I have a Truecrypt volume on the host where I store all my private data, which is mounted at logon. For ...
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Windows encrypt folder: Some files not encrypted

I did following two things to encrypt all the content of a root folder named "Foo": The "Foo" folder has many levels of sub-directories with each having multiple files. All of the files in Foo were ...
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Windows 10 Home with BitLocker encryption - OK to allow updates

I recently began using the Bitlocker encryption that comes with my Windows 10 Home. I would like to try to allow the Redstone/Creator's update + a list of security updates that I postponed, but I ...
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Why is Bitlocker Encryption Immediatly Ready on System Partition

In re-installed Windows 10 and wanted to go this time with the integrated BitLocker encryption instead of a third party tool. I checked the settings and turned it on for my C: partition. It was ...
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The desktop is encrypting items automatically

Every time a file goes to the desktop, or if the file name changes while on the desktop, it becomes encrypted. No, I don't know what I did to get it like that and, yes, it is a problem only found on ...
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Bitlocker & Hardware encryption on Samsung EVO 850

I have SSD of Samsung 850 EVO, it support hardware encryption. On SSD drive I have multiple partition, one for SYSTEM (C:) and one for DATA (D:). I want use hardware encoding with bitlocker for ...
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relocate C:\Users\USERNAME to an encrypted partition?

Forgive me if I'm asking a stupid question or missing an obvious solution or a simpler alternative. Let me lay out first what I'm trying to accomplish. I have one machine running Windows 7 Home ...
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LUKS keyfile lost

I lost the keyfile to open a LUKS partition. The command luksDump tell me that there is 2 key slots, so one them is certainly a passphrase that I left after adding the keyfile. Is there a way to know ...
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duplicity fails after libgcrypt update

I'm using duplicity to backup my Linux server (Ubuntu Server 16.04). Encryption is done with a GnuPG key. This has worked just fine, until the libgcrypt package was updated on 4 July. Since then I get ...
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How do the ransomware viruses perform their encryption?

I know the classic setup ... open a file, click a link -- bam: malicious code execution. Oh noes! But how does that lead to "all my files are suddenly encrypted"? The operative word here is "...
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Enigmail + GnuPG + Thunderbird hidden key error

A friend of mine recently updated his OpenPGP keys. I cannot open the encrypted email received from that friend in my Thunderbird. I use Enigmail, and I get the following error: Enigmail Security ...
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How to find corrupted files on LUKS encrypted disks by searching for unencrypted content

I have a full disk encrypted Ubuntu 16.04 system running at home on a SSD which had uncorrectable media errors and so had to be replaced. So I used ddrescue to copy all partitions to a new SSD, and ...
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Installing Debian over Ubuntu with encrypted /home partition

I am using Ubuntu 12.10 which I have setup with a separate encrypted /home partition. Now I want to install Debian 8 without formatting and/or deleting my /home partition. How do I do this? Prior to ...
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Dualboot Windows on existing LUKS full encrypted hdd

So, I have a HDD with data on it, encrypted. I would like to install windows (8 or 10) on the same drive (allocate some space on it from that partition, it has 500+ GB free right now. I don't want to ...
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Synology NAS Sync to Mac with encrypted folder

I have two desktop machines and one laptop sync files with my Synology NAS. My laptop is a Mac and I would like to protect my sync folder in case someone steal the laptop or I loose it. So the nice ...
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How to unlock keyfile-protected partition where keyfile is located on a password protected partition?

I would like to automatically decrypt /dev/sdb3 at boot with a keyfile located on /dev/sda5 which is a (passphrase-)encrypted partition. By "automatically", I mean "at boot, after being ...
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